➔ keep your eyes peeled

peel off

informalto take a piece of paper money from the top of a pile of paper money:

Manville peeled off a twenty, and pressed it into the man's hand.

3TTto leave a moving group of vehicles, aircraft etc and go in a different direction:

Two motorcycles peeled off from the line.

WORD FOCUS: cut WORD FOCUS: cut chopto cut vegetables, meat, or wood into piecessliceto cut bread, vegetables, or meat into thin piecesdiceto cut vegetables into small pieces peelto cut the outside part off an onion, apple etc grateto cut cheese or vegetables into small pieces by rubbing them against a special toolcarveto cut pieces from a large piece of meatsawto cut wood using a special tool called a sawchop downto cut down a tree, using an axesnipto cut something quickly using scissorsshaveto remove hair from your face or bodytrimto remove small parts of something to make it look neatmowto cut grasspruneto cut off the top part of plants, in order to make them grow better cut➔ See alsocut

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.